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WO1994013161A1
WO1994013161A1 PCT/EP1993/003569 EP9303569W WO9413161A1 WO 1994013161 A1 WO1994013161 A1 WO 1994013161A1 EP 9303569 W EP9303569 W EP 9303569W WO 9413161 A1 WO9413161 A1 WO 9413161A1
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bottom wall
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Harald Gosebruch
Robert George Colley
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Focke and Co GmbH and Co KG
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Priority to US08/464,767 priority Critical patent/US5568856A/en
Priority to DE59306294T priority patent/DE59306294D1/de
Priority to JP51380794A priority patent/JP3307938B2/ja
Priority to EP94903799A priority patent/EP0673211B1/fr
Publication of WO1994013161A1 publication Critical patent/WO1994013161A1/fr
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/35—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine
    • A24C5/352—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine using containers, i.e. boats
    • A24C5/358—Boat constructions
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/35—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine
    • A24C5/352—Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine using containers, i.e. boats

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  • the invention relates to a device for transporting and storing Zv with a storage unit comprising a plurality of juxtaposed, firmly interconnected containers and with a cigarette conveyor for feeding the cigarettes, in particular from a manufacturing machine and removing the cigarettes, in particular to a packaging machine
  • the individual containers can be filled or emptied one after the other in a filling station by the cigarette conveyor (16).
  • the handling of cigarettes after their manufacture and before packaging causes particular problems when packaging cigarettes.
  • the cigarette manufacturing machines (maker) produce cigarettes with high performance, e.g. sixteen thousand cigarettes a minute.
  • the relatively large number of cigarettes must be fed to the packaging machine in a reasonable manner.
  • Production-related fluctuations in performance of the cigarette manufacturing machine and the subsequent packaging machine must be taken into account. It is therefore common in the field
  • bevels are known for the storage and transportation of cigarettes, which can be filled from the top or bottom.
  • the top of the same is first closed by a sword, the bevels are tilted about 180 ° via an emptying station and then the bevel is emptied into the emptying station. Because of this complicated handling of the slopes, the size of a storage unit, to which several containers are combined, is limited.
  • the invention is based on the object of proposing a device for storing and handling cigarettes which, using containers for holding a cigarette store, has a considerably larger storage capacity and enables easier handling in the distribution of the stored cigarettes.
  • the device according to the invention is characterized by the following features:
  • an interior for receiving the cigarettes of each container is delimited by a large front wall, a large rear wall, narrow side walls and a bottom wall,
  • the longitudinal axis of the cigarettes can be stored transversely to the plane of the front wall, the width of the side wall and the bottom wall corresponding approximately to the length of the cigarettes, c) the bottom wall has an opening through which each container can be filled and emptied without changing the relative position,
  • the cross section of the opening corresponds to the cross section of the cigarette flow in the area of the cigarette conveyor.
  • the containers are filled through an opening arranged in the bottom wall and emptied again through the same opening. It is not necessary to tilt the containers to empty them. Only the relevant container for filling or emptying is moved into the filling station. This considerably simplifies the handling of the containers. In addition, almost any number of containers can be combined to form a storage unit.
  • the bottom wall is preferably pivotable, mounted in the area of the filling opening and pivotable from an essentially horizontal normal position into a V-shaped position with at least one leg falling off the opening.
  • the bottom wall When an empty container or an only slightly filled container is filled, the bottom wall is initially in a V-shaped position. If a certain degree of filling is reached, the bottom wall is pivoted from the V-shaped position into the normal position. In this position there is a cuboid container. Dead spaces that cannot be used to store cigarettes are avoided.
  • the filling opening is preferably arranged in a central region of the bottom wall.
  • the bottom wall is divided into two pivotable legs which extend on both sides of the filling opening.
  • the side walls are pivotally attached to the bottom wall and can be pivoted together with the latter into the V-shaped position.
  • the pivotal movement of the bottom wall and the side walls is controlled by sensors which detect the degree of filling of the container.
  • Another special feature of the invention relates to a cigarette conveyor for transporting the cigarettes from a manufacturing machine to the filling station and from the filling station to a packaging machine.
  • two separate delivery channels are used for this purpose.
  • One conveying channel is only used to feed the cigarettes to the filling station, while a second conveying channel is only used to convey the cigarettes away from the filling station. This ensures a better, trouble-free transport of the cigarettes in the upward or downward direction without the risk of damage to the cigarettes.
  • FIG 3 shows a front view of a device according to a further exemplary embodiment.
  • the exemplary embodiments shown in the drawings deal with the handling of cigarettes or other elongated, rod-shaped objects. It is about storing a large number of cigarettes and transporting them in the area between a cigarette manufacturing machine and a packaging machine (neither of which is shown).
  • FIG. 1 and 2 show a storage device 10 which is connected to a cigarette conveyor 11.
  • the cigarette conveyor 11 has a first section 12 which is connected to a production machine for cigarettes. Furthermore, the cigarette conveyor has a secondary storage 13 and a second section 14, which is connected to a packaging machine.
  • a plurality of sensors 15 are assigned to the secondary memory 13, and these sensors detect the degree of filling of the secondary memory 13.
  • the storage unit 10 comprises a second cigarette conveyor 16, which communicates with the secondary storage 13.
  • the cigarette conveyor 16 has endless belts 17 between which the cigarettes can be conveyed to form a cigarette stream.
  • the cigarette conveyor 16 has a filling station 18. In the area of this filling station 18, the endless belts 17 are directed vertically.
  • a sensor 19 is arranged in the area of the filling station 18. This sensor 19 detects whether there are 17 cigarettes in the area of the filling station.
  • a storage unit 20 works together with the cigarette conveyor 16.
  • a plurality of chambers or containers 21 are attached to the storage unit 20.
  • the storage unit 20 can be moved on wheels 22. In the area between the wheels 22, a toothed rack 23 is arranged which interacts with a drive system 24.
  • the storage unit 20 can be moved in such a way that each of the containers 21 can be moved into the filling station 18 of the cigarette conveyor 16.
  • Each container 21 is assigned an opening 25.
  • Each opening 25 can be closed by a slide 26 which is held in the closed position by a spring 46.
  • An actuating member 27 is arranged in the area of the filling station 18, e.g. a pressure medium cylinder or an electromagnet. The slide member 26 of a container 21, which is located in the area of the filling station 18, is opened by the actuating member 27.
  • Each container 21 has a large front wall 47, a large rear wall 48, a bottom wall 28 and two narrow side walls 31, 32. These walls delimit an interior space 49 open at the top for receiving the cigarettes.
  • the width of the bottom wall 28 and the side walls 31, 32 corresponds approximately to the length of the cigarettes.
  • the bottom wall 28 of the container 21 is pivotable.
  • the bottom wall 28 consists of two legs 29, 30 which are pivotably mounted in the region of the opening 25.
  • the side walls 31, 32 are pivotally attached to the legs 29, 30 of the bottom wall 28. At their upper end, the side walls 31, 32 are each between two guide rails NEN 33 slidably and pivotably. The side walls 31, 32 are thus pivoted together with the Boderi wall 28 from the normal position into the V-shaped position. Actuating elements for pivoting the bottom wall 28 and the side walls 31, 32 are arranged below the container 21. In the present case, pressure medium cylinders 34 serve as actuators.
  • the bottom wall 28 and the side walls 31, 32 can hereby be pivoted from the standard position (solid line) into a V-shaped position (shown in broken lines). This simplifies the emptying of the container 21.
  • a conventional sensor in the form of a chain network (not shown) monitors whether single or multiple cigarettes are visible when filling or emptying.
  • sensors 35, 36, 37 are arranged next to the container.
  • the lowest sensor 35 detects the normal position of the bottom wall 28 and the side walls 31, 32. In this normal position, the bottom wall 28 is in a horizontal position and the side walls 31, 32 in a vertical position.
  • the remaining sensors 36, 37 serve to detect the degree of filling of the container 21.
  • the sensor 36 gives a signal when the container is partially filled to a predetermined degree and the sensor 37 emits a signal when the container 21 is complete is filled.
  • Additional sensors 38, 39 are assigned to one of the pressure medium cylinders 34.
  • the lower sensor 38 is also triggered when the bottom wall 28 and the side walls 31, 32 are in the normal position. This thus confirms the signal from the sensor 35.
  • the upper sensor 39 is triggered when the bottom wall together with the side walls 31, 32 is in the V-shaped position.
  • the device described in this way works as follows: If the production machine produces more cigarettes than can be removed from the packaging machine, some of the cigarettes are removed by the cigarette conveyor 16 and fed to the filling station 18. An empty or not yet completely filled container 21 is moved into the filling station 18 and the slide 26 is opened. The position of the bottom wall 28 and the side walls 31, 32 is controlled by the sensor 36.
  • the bottom wall 28 and the side walls 31, 32 remain in the V-shaped position while cigarettes are conveyed into the container 21 until the sensor 36 is triggered.
  • the bottom wall 28 and the side walls 31, 32 can also be in the normal position during the entire filling process.
  • the container 21 is completely filled when both the sensor 37 and the sensor 38 are triggered.
  • the direction of conveyance of the cigarette conveyor 16 is then reversed and the actuating member 27 is switched off, so that the slide 26 is displaced into the closed position by the spring force of the spring 46.
  • the cigarettes are fed into the secondary storage 13 until the sensor 19 is released. If necessary, another empty or not yet completely filled container can now be moved into the filling station 18. If the production machine is stopped or its output is reduced, cigarettes can be removed from the containers 21 and fed to the packaging machine. For this purpose, a filled container 21 is moved into the area of the filling station 18 and the slide 26 is opened by the actuating member 27.
  • Cigarettes now reach the filling station 18 through the opening 25.
  • the cigarettes are fed through the cigarette conveyor 16 into the secondary storage 13 and from there to the packaging machine.
  • the emptying of the containers 21 is controlled by the sensors 15 of the secondary storage 13. Namely, the feed conveyor 16 is stopped when the secondary storage is completely filled.
  • the bottom wall 28 and the side walls 31, 32 are pivoted into the V-shaped position.
  • the container 21 can now be completely emptied.
  • the complete emptying of the container 21 is detected by the sensor 19.
  • the slide 24 is then moved by the spring 46 in the closed position and the bottom wall 28 and the side walls 31, 32 are pivoted into the normal position. This is detected by sensors 35 and 38 and, if necessary, a further, filled container 21 can be moved into the filling station 17.
  • FIG. 3 A special embodiment of the cigarette conveyor is shown in FIG. 3.
  • the cigarette conveyor 16 has two separate conveyor chutes 40 and 41.
  • the conveyor chute 40 is used to transport the cigarettes in the upward direction, that is to say to empty a container 21.
  • the conveyor chute 41 is used to transport the cigarettes in the downward direction, that is to say to fill one Container 21.
  • the endless belts 17 in the region of the conveyor shafts 40, 41 can therefore only be driven in one direction, as by the arrow le 42, 43 indicated. While cigarettes are fed through the feed chute 41 to the filling station 18, the endless belts 17 of the feed chute 40 stand still. Conversely, the endless belts 17 of the conveyor shaft 41 stand still when 40 cigarettes are removed from the filling station 18 through the conveyor shaft.
  • the conveyor belts 17 can be driven in both directions in accordance with the double arrow 45. This ensures a better, trouble-free transport of the cigarettes in upward and downward movement without the risk of damage to the cigarettes.
  • the spreading angle of the bottom wall 28 and the side walls 31, 32 in the V-shaped position should be 90 °, ie 45 ° with respect to the horizontal plane.
  • the filling opening 25 is arranged in an edge region of the bottom wall 28.
  • the bottom wall 28 has only one pivotable leg.

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Abstract

Un dispositif sert à transporter et à stocker des cigarettes. Les machines à emballer de haute performance requièrent une importante réserve d'importance correspondante de cigarettes. Plusieurs récipients (21) sont fermement assemblés en une unité de stockage (20). Chaque récipient (21) contient un grand nombre de cigarettes. Les récipients (21) sont remplis et vidés à travers une ouverture (26) ménagée dans la paroi de fond (28), sans que leur position relative ne soit modifiée. Un convoyeur (16) de remplissage et de vidange des récipients (21) est conçu de manière particulière. Il comprend deux puits séparés de transport (40, 41) pour remplir et vider les récipients (21).
PCT/EP1993/003569 1992-12-15 1993-12-15 Dispositif de stockage Ceased WO1994013161A1 (fr)

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US08/464,767 US5568856A (en) 1992-12-15 1993-12-15 Device for transporting and storing cigarettes
DE59306294T DE59306294D1 (de) 1992-12-15 1993-12-15 Speicher-einrichtung
JP51380794A JP3307938B2 (ja) 1992-12-15 1993-12-15 貯留装置
EP94903799A EP0673211B1 (fr) 1992-12-15 1993-12-15 Dispositif de stockage

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GB9226117.1 1992-12-15
GB929226117A GB9226117D0 (en) 1992-12-15 1992-12-15 A reservoir arrangement

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FR1546485A (fr) * 1967-03-29 1968-11-22 Seita Réservoir pour produits en forme de tiges tels que des cigares ou des cigarettes
FR2347896A1 (fr) * 1976-04-15 1977-11-10 Molins Ltd Dispositif pour le transport et le stockage d'objets tels que, notamment, des cigarettes
FR2414459A1 (fr) * 1978-01-11 1979-08-10 Molins Ltd Perfectionnements apportes aux dispositifs de manipulation d'objets en forme de tige tels que cigarettes
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DE102007035399A1 (de) * 2007-07-26 2009-02-05 Focke & Co.(Gmbh & Co. Kg) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum kontrollierten Fördern eines Zigarettenstroms
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JPH08504328A (ja) 1996-05-14
GB9226117D0 (en) 1993-02-10
JP3307938B2 (ja) 2002-07-29
EP0673211A1 (fr) 1995-09-27

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